Ahead of UK launch John Leonard gets an exclusive preview of the new ethical smartphone that's built to last
From ambitious crowdfunder to barely a whispered memory, the Ubuntu Edge didn't lead the pack in the way many had hoped. But just what is the status of the converged, desktop-capable smartphone?
Three, Vodafone and EE line up as potential backers for the Linux-based smartphones
Most audacious fundraising attempt ever hopes to raise enough to produce 40,000 phones
Latest version of Ubuntu intended for smartphones as well as PCs
Will need to be really special to stand up to Android and iOS
The dominant powers in the mobile world are facing growing challenges from China, the open source community and a resurgent Sony and HTC
Linux-based OS to reach two large regions in 2013, according to Canonical founder
'Developer' phones to sport operating system supporting HTML5 apps as standard